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bug#31727: 25.3; format-spec clobbers match data
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Richard Stallman |
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bug#31727: 25.3; format-spec clobbers match data |
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Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:30:45 -0400 |
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Since 'format' does not clobber the match data,
I think users will expect 'format-spec' to behave likewise.
So I think we should fix it to preserve the match data,
one way or another.
That is the choice that makes Emacs simpler to program for.
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Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)